Hi Mark, mrerick,
THANK YOU! Very interesting. To answer your question, I really like (and miss) the relative freedom enjoyed in the USA regarding owning and using firearms. However, now that I think about it, I myself feel safer here. Maybe I need to read your statistics more carefully!! I don't really mind the more time consuming laws here.... fine with me, and I am respectful of them- but they did take some getting used to after growing up in the US